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Sophomore tailback Jaiden Barr carried the ball 27 times for 152 yards and 2 TDs to power Italy past Itasca, 41-8, to cap a festive senior night for the Gladiators.

Almost on cue, the victory-starved, turnover prone Ferris Yellowjackets ended a string of six setbacks with a resounding 53-0 blanking of Venus last Friday. Ferris, 2-7, put together one of

Months of practice has come down to a final match for most schools, including those in the Big 5 Eastern Ellis County area. Ennis (19-13) will take on North Forney

Sure as rain’s got water in it, the minute the schedule was released fans circled this game in red. Nov. 1, Ennis at Corsicana. District 8-5A was sure to be

Watching players arrive for practice from a golf cart earlier this week, Defensive Coordinator Paul Willingham, who was battling seasonal elements, had a reason to smile. But he didn’t. The

A showdown with Corsicana awaits on Friday, with the District 8-5A championship at stake. Just 21 miles separate the schools, though the Lions hold a one-game lead in the league

Blooming Grove churned out 417 yards of total offense and squashed the Gateway Gators, 48-8, Friday in The Grove. The win for the blue-clad Lions leveled their overall record at

Ennis finished the regular season with a 19-13 record, good for fourth in District 14-5A. While it punches their ticket to the state playoffs, it comes with an automatic date

Two straight years the Scurry-Rosser at Palmer football game was hard-hit with a deluge of rain that forced the location of the contest to move from a lush natural grass surface to Scurry-Rosser’s quick-draining artificial turf.

2019 Palmer Bulldogs

There was a time when seeing Palmer appear as the football opponent had a much different meaning than it does today.